The Toronto Maple Leafs made a key leadership change this week as they announced that John Tavares would officially be passing on the C to Auston Matthews. We give our take on the timing of the move, expectation shifts for both Matthews and Tavares and discuss if we believe this will result in a change in the teams on ice performance this coming season.

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(0:00) - Intro/Leafs officially name Matthews captain

(05:28) - Does this change expectations for Tavares?

(11:23) - Auston Matthews as a leader

(18:15) - Does this impact Mitch Marner?

(30:17) - Craig Berube's impact on the team this season

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